HUMILIATE    侮辱 侮

Be IMPOLITE to someone so as to CAUSE that person to FEEL SHAME.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for personally and demonstratively humiliating and insulting a person is wǔ 侮 (ant. lǐ 禮 "treat politely, show proper politeness towards"). 2. Rǔ 辱 stresses in the notion of humiliating insult that of demonstratively inflicting a lasting public disgrace. 3. Xiū 羞 is occasionally used to refer to reducing someone to personal and intimate feelings of personal shame.
Modern Chinese Criteria
恥辱 恥事 羞辱 羞恥 恥 辱 垢 侮辱 污辱 屈辱 詬恥 奇恥大辱 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • SHAMESOCIAL EMOTION OF REGRET one's SELF:own FEATURES, ACTS OR ATTITUDES which one BELIEVES to have been BAD.
  • DISGRACEACT OR SITUATION which HUMILIATES the HUMAN who is IN it.
Hypernym
  • IMPOLITE　INTERACT so as to be UNRESTRAINED AND NOT POLITE to OTHERS. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
  • INTERACT　ACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT. (anc: 12/0, child: 14)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 105

    • Words (14 items)

    辱  rǔ OC: njoɡ MC: ȵi̯ok 41 Attributions

    Rǔ 辱 stresses in the notion of humiliating insult that of demonstratively inflicting a lasting public disgrace.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactpublic humiliation
    • nabeventhumiliation suffered
    • vadVhumiliating yourself> humbly
    • vt+prep+Nmiddle voicehumiliate yourself in> condescend to go to
    • vtoNcausativeCAUSE TO BE PUBLICLY HUMILIATED> expose to public humiliation
    • vtoNN=humanhumiliate publicly; humiliate (by my presence)
    • vtoNpassivebe humiliated
    • vtoNpsychhumiliate (oneself), expose (oneself) to public shame
    侮  wǔ OC: moʔ MC: mi̯o 16 Attributions

    The general word for personally and demonstratively humiliating and insulting a person is wǔ 侮 (ant. lǐ 禮 "treat politely, show proper politeness towards").

      Word relations
    • Ant: 畏/RESPECT Wèi 畏 (ant. xiá 狎 "treat without the proper respect due to someone in high position, treat with improper familiarity") refers to awe-struck respect for a person in authority.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactpassive: humiliation
    • vt+prep+Nto treat someone with disrespect
    • vtoNtreat in a humiliating way, typically publicly
    • vtoNcausativecause others to be impolite to (oneself)
    • vtoNN=personhumiliate and insult; treat with disrespect
    僇  lù OC: ɡ-ruɡ MC: luk
    戮  lù OC: ɡ-ruɡ MC: luk 10 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 笑/MOCK Xiào 笑 refers to non-verbalised mockery through sneering.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactbeing humiliated
    • vimiddle voicebe humiliated; allow oneself to be humiliated
    • vtoN+suobe humiliated (by the world) [Probably this should be regarded as an active vt, with a 所 understood. This needs reanalysis.CH]
    • vtoNcausativehumiliate
    • vtoNpassivebe humiliated, be treated without due respect
    忝  tiǎn OC: lʰiimʔ MC: them 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNarchaic, SHI, SHU: be a disgrace to; humiliate publicly, reduce to public shame, dishonour; disgrace
    訽  hòu MC: huwH OC: ɡoos 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabactpublic disgrace; public insultCH
    取病  qǔ bìng MC: tshjuX bjaengH OC: skhoʔ bɢraŋs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt prep Nask for trouble from N; be the cause of one's humiliation at the hands of NCH
    爾汝  ěr rǔ MC: nyeX nyoX OC: mljelʔ njaʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabdisrespectCH
    輕辱  qīng rǔ OC: kheŋ njoɡ MC: khiɛŋ ȵi̯ok 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativetreat without serious respect so as to humiliate> treat with insulting nonchalance
    汙  wù 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassivebe humiliatedLZ
    狃  niǔ OC: m-luʔ MC: ɳɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassivebe treated with overfamiliar disrespect
    侵侮  qīn wǔ MC: tshim mjuX OC: skhim moʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPab{PRED}passivea an aggressive public humiliationCH
    黜辱  chù rǔ OC: khrlud njoɡ MC: ʈhʷit ȵi̯ok 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassiveget denounced and humiliated
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt prep Nask for trouble from N; be the cause of one's humiliation at the hands of NCH
    欺  qī OC: khɯ MC: khɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN欺負　humiliate